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Senator HODGINS-MAY (Victoria) (16:06): We have seen today another Labor-Liberal corporate party stitch-up. Instead of the Murphy report, we are seeing an incredibly expensive opt-out register that will not work. We will see more gambling ads on our televisions.

This is not reform; this is nonsense. It is an insult to the families, to the experts and to all of those individuals who took part in inquiry after inquiry, mapping out what true gambling reform looked like and mapping out what needed to happen to keep families safe and disconnect this evil gambling industry from sport and from the pervasive impact that it has on our children.

The Australian people aren't the winners today. The gambling industry, the vested interests, are the winners, as they so often are in this place. Eighty per cent of Australians want gambling reform.

At the same time, trust in politicians and in democracy is at an all-time low, and you wonder why. You wonder why when this mob come in here and, instead of voting like the people who elected them into this place expect them to vote, time and time again, vote in favour of their donors and in favour of the industries that they're meant to be protecting us from.

The Prime Minister has ignored the Peta Murphy report, ignored the experts and ignored Australians who are expecting this government to show some leadership and protect them from the gambling industry. Whether it's gambling reform, whether it's taxing our gas or whether it's doing something about plastic pollution, it is issue after issue after issue where the Australian public are demanding leadership and these corporate parties are teaming up and saying, 'Nah, not today.' I urge you, Australia, remember this when you go to vote.

Remember the cowardice of the Albanese Labor government, who do not represent you. Question agreed to.